Also available
isStart.exe,
made by Davy Key, for the cheat/debugmode for Wolfenstein
3D, Spear, Blake Stone etc. I've tried it for
both the full and shareware versions of Wolf
3D, (also the Spear demo) and it works
fine. If you want to ask Davy about it, here's his
emaildavykey@hotmail.com.

If you have Windows 95 or 98,
simply put the file in the same folder as all the other game files,
and click on its dosbox.

Once in the game, press
left-shift/alt/backspace keys together. (press
control/tab/enter keys for version 1.0). A sign
Debugging keys now available will be displayed. Press
enter to remove this and the following key combinations
should work:

TAB plus

B

- Change border colour

C

- Display statistics

E

- End current level

G

- God Mode

H

- Reduce health

I

- Extra stuff

M

- Display memory usage

P

- White border colour

Q

- Instant quit

S

- Slow motion

W

- Warp to any level

Also, the following key
combinations work without initializing the debugging
feature:

I used to get a lot of emails
about running Wolf 3D on this platform. It usually works (it does for
me), and will play the music and sounds ok. If there are problems,
the game can be run from the DOS prompt, or by using DOSBox (see
next section).

WinME/WinXP

The game does usually run on
these platforms though the music and many of the sounds will not be
heard. For Windows XP, there's a free emulator called
VDMSound.
However, this doesn't work with Windows ME.

I find the easiest way to play
(and get the music and sounds) on Windows ME is to use an emulator
called DOS Box.
It's free, and the file to download is 'DOSBox0.72Win32-Installer'. A
full list of instructions is given in the readme but I've listed the
basic instructions below.

WinVista

VDMSound mentioned above does
not work with Vista. The game will only run in DOS Box.
It's free, and the file to download is 'DOSBox0.72Win32-Installer'. A
full list of instructions is given in the readme but I've listed the
basic instructions below.

DOSBox Quick Instructions

Once installed, make a
shortcut to the DOSBox exe and place the icon on the desktop. Drag
the Wolf3D exe on to the shortcut icon on the desktop and the game
should run automatically.

Some commands I find useful
are:

ALT-ENTER Go full screen and
back

Ctrl-f5 Save a
screenshot

Ctrl-f10 Capture/Release
Mouse

Ctrl-f11 Slow down
emulation

Ctrl-f12 Speed up
emulation

There's a full list of
commands in the readme.

DOSBox Basic Instructions

Once installed and run, you
will get a DOS window as shown below:

At the prompt
Z:\> type in MOUNT C C:\WOLF3D (press ENTER)
Replace WOLF3D with whatever name the folder to play is
called.

You should then see
Drive C is mounted as local directory C:\WOLF3D\

The line shown below will
return:

Z:\>

At the prompt
Z:\> type in C: (press ENTER) This changes the Z
drive to C drive.

You will then see the
following line:

C:\>

At the prompt
C:\> type in WOLF3D (press ENTER) Replace WOLF3D
with whatever name the mod exe is called.

Visitors
to my site occasionally ask about differences between the
Acorn/Archimedes version of the game compared to that of the PC.
Well, the graphics are the same, though with better
resolution.

However, there are a few
subtle changes:

1. Toast an SS and you get 8
bullets (only 4 on the PC).

2. Deaf-guard floor values put
in front of a door (which makes the door disappear on the PC), simply
appear and act as a normal door on Acorn.

3. All elevators work on Acorn
(elevator 2's don't work on the PC).

4. The ILM keys cheat on the
PC gives you full health etc, but puts your score back to zero. A
similar cheat on Acorn (ALT-X keys) lets you keep your score
too.

5. The Acorn version doesn't
give you the silent treatment, as sometimes happens on a PC after
toasting a 'Fake Hitler'. Incidentally, you can restore the
sound on a PC by pressing the BAT keys
together.

6. Not all add-ons will play
well on Acorn. Levels with a lot of floor data can have part of the
area corrupted,
resulting in blocked off passages, rooms etc. This is because any
changes in editing are added to the original data in Gamemaps,
instead of replacing it. Sometimes, there's just too much data for
the Acorn convertor program to handle!

That's all. If anyone's
interested in Acorn computers, there's a whole section devoted to
them. And there are links to a number of Acorn related sites.
Acorn
Computers

Creating New Levels

There are well over one
hundred additional sets of levels available for Wolfenstein
3-D and Spear of Destiny. Along with new
graphics, and more recently - changes to the source code, they have
helped maintain interest in the game.

For
anyone wanting to try making new levels, MapEdit
7.2 is
probably the best editor. It will work with any version of the game.
Simply put it into the same folder as a copy of the
game files, unzip it, and then run
Mapedit.exe.

Juan's
Midi Pack #2.
Includes a different version of Lurking, plus
Pounding Headache, Hitler Waltz and Jazzin' Them
Nazis. By Juan J. Alva.

Patch-O-Matic For anyone
new to the Wolf scene, and has Windows, this download offers an ideal
way to get 6 of the best S/ware sets in one ZIP. You get the original
game included too, and it's menu driven. The sets are Halloween,
Alien Wolf, Pacman/Demon Clowns, Xmas Wolf, Lost Episodes and
Barneystein. Check out Mike's
Wolfenstein 3-D Page.

Wolf3DFixA utility
which may help those who have problems running Wolfenstein 3D
with Windows. Please read the instructions in the text file before
using it. Brandon's site is atBrandon's
Wolfenstein 3-D Page.

WolfMaps
Download maps for all 60 levels of Wolfenstein 3D in
GIF form.

WolfMenu
and DOSMenu Two DOS
patch swapper programs from Andy Nonymous that some wolfers with
large collections might find useful: WolfMenu and DOSMenu. Fully
configurable by the user, they have a search feature, and each
supports up to 600 entries. Both programs come with several practical
examples and plenty of documentation.